Since my last post,the poker gods have been a bit tough!The student masters, which I was eagerly looking forward to, was on last Sunday. Now, I work quite close to the Jackpot casino where it was held and I tried to register for the tournament after work on both Tuesday and Friday. Both times there wasn't a sinner about and I had to give up my attempts. I thought I could just arrive early on the day and register...Big Mistake. When I headed over to it on the Saturday I was told that it was completely booked out and I was put on the list as 1st alternate.As it turned out I never got to play a hand of poker that day. Alas, always next year! It's a shame, seeing as the Jackpot put on a really good show and had the place looking very well. At least the Irsh English rugby game raised my spirits!
On-line has been rough since I posted last. It might seem from my stats that I have only fallen back $12 but if you take into account that this figure includes a $10 stellar reward bonus and a $12.50 reload bonus, then you will realise that I have given up a bit of the ground that I made in the first few weeks of the month. I have to admit it, I don't like losing money! I think for you to be a good poker player you have to strike a balance between the pain of losing money and the disassociation of the chips on the table as money that could be in your pocket. In the past I have not been able to strike a balance with these two facets and because of this by the time I build a half decent bankroll I get nervous about losing it and eventually decide to cash out. One big losing day on the tables usually has me clearing out my Pokerstars account and starting off from scratch again.
But this year I promised myself not to withdraw any money from my account and the fact that I have to mention this in the blog means that this weekend I came very close to doing that. I am finding it hard to adjust to the play at the 2c/5c tables. I seem to go on tilt alot easier than I used to and this is just not a good thing. I feel I need to step back from poker for a week or two and just let myself regain focus. I think another reason for my poor play in the fact That I was very close to reaching my target of doubling my bankroll and then it started to crumble away. At one point I was $25 away from reaching my goal and at the time i still had the $22.50 of bonuses to clear. I just feel that I have taken a step backwards and need to take a step back and realise how far I have come to be within touching distance of my goal.Anyway, stats for the month so far:
March:
Bankroll = $486 (+ $89)
vpps = 364
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Pokerstars Home Game Reload Bonus and Running Hot!
It has been awhile since Pokerstars have done a reload bonus (WCOOP I think), but that time has come again. It is in conjunction with their Home Games interface with which they are trying hard to promote. The Home Games seems like a great idea, too bad I have no mates with a Pokerstars account! Pokerstars are offering a 25% reload bonus up to $150. You have to earn 20 fpp's to release each $1 of bonus and the bonus is released in $10 increments.
So I emptied my moneybookers account ($49) and I now have a $12.50 bonus to clear and I need to earn 245 fpp's to clear it. After the two day waiting period I just placed the $49 back into the moneybookers account, so in essence it's money for nothing and your kicks for free! It is a nice time to have this reload offered as I have about 250 fpp's to go until the next stellar reward and this means I will have a nice $22.50 added (hopefully!) to my account in the not so distant future! I also got credited with a $5.50 Home Games ticket but I don't know when/if I am going to use it.
Online has been going swimmingly. Just looking at the figures now I have realised that his month, so far, has been my best month with regards cash games. I have got rid of the 1c/2c cash games and now play solely 2c/5c and higher. If I see some good spots on the 5c/10c tables and 10c/25c tables I take a shot, but not too often. The extra fpp's earned at this level will help clear the bonus. I am also inching closer to my new years resolution of doubling my bankroll. Anyway I will fill in the details on the student masters, which happens St. Patricks weekend, in the next blog. Laters.
March:
Bankroll = $498 (+ $101)
vpps = 182
So I emptied my moneybookers account ($49) and I now have a $12.50 bonus to clear and I need to earn 245 fpp's to clear it. After the two day waiting period I just placed the $49 back into the moneybookers account, so in essence it's money for nothing and your kicks for free! It is a nice time to have this reload offered as I have about 250 fpp's to go until the next stellar reward and this means I will have a nice $22.50 added (hopefully!) to my account in the not so distant future! I also got credited with a $5.50 Home Games ticket but I don't know when/if I am going to use it.
Online has been going swimmingly. Just looking at the figures now I have realised that his month, so far, has been my best month with regards cash games. I have got rid of the 1c/2c cash games and now play solely 2c/5c and higher. If I see some good spots on the 5c/10c tables and 10c/25c tables I take a shot, but not too often. The extra fpp's earned at this level will help clear the bonus. I am also inching closer to my new years resolution of doubling my bankroll. Anyway I will fill in the details on the student masters, which happens St. Patricks weekend, in the next blog. Laters.
March:
Bankroll = $498 (+ $101)
vpps = 182
Saturday, March 5, 2011
My Biggest Online Pot And February Review
So this month has been a relatively quiet month for me. I have lost my SilverStar Status (I'm going to miss them two little stars!) Don't think I made the most out of the status,to be honest. I only played in one of the weekly 100fpp $30,000 freerolls for a min cash and I didn't have enough fpp's to go and try to qualify for a live event through the VIP satellites. Now that I have achieved this yearly goal I might as well be ambitious and target GoldStar Status for a future month this year. Very unlikely that I will be able to reach this goal but I might as well write it down and hope for the best!
I am over half way through clearing my second stellar reward and I should hopefully clear this in March. I am going to introduce more 2c/5c games to my grind as I feel I am getting to comfortable making pennies at the micro micro stakes.
In other news, this month I played my biggest online pot! It definately wont make Isildur1 quake in his boots but it had my heart racing when the final card was being dealt.The hand occured on a 10c/25c table. I was playing against this maniac at the 1c/2c tables and when he busted I decided to follow him onto a 2c/5c and so on, taking a few $'s off him along the way. It was quite funny, at one stage he played for about 10 minutes on a play money table, lost his stack, and then jumped into a 50c/$1 cash game! I didn't join him here because I thought the risk was too high of the other players at the table taking advantage of me whilst I was trying to take advantage of him! I bided my time and waited for him to sit at a 10c/25c table (after losing his stack on the other table). Instead of describing the hand I will just post the link here to pokertableratings hand history.
http://www.pokertableratings.com/hand-history/stars/57181915681/12876982038
I know it's never good to get our stack in with bottem pair holding 6-3 for a $63 pot but I had strong reads that he was weak. Alas the river didn't go down the way I hoped and I ended up losing my biggest pot played online. At east I bounced back from this hand and made my way back into the black for the month and then some. Overall I was very happy with the (limited amount of) poker I played in February.
My first turbo takedown is over. For some reason the tourney froze for a good 30 minute period just after the start. It is quite a large field you have to work your way through and I bowed out around 12,000 place well away from the money. It seems like the private tab is swelling with affiliates offering freerolls into the turbo takedown so hopefully I can secure my ticket for this month as I see major value in the tournament and the freerolls as a whole.
The Irish Student masters is coming up on March the 20th in the Jackpot Casino in Dublin. I unfortunately was unable to satellite in as I was training on the Tuesdays that the freerolls were on PPP so I will have to pony up the €110. Small change when I win it and take the IPO seat all the way to the bank! I haven't played live this year to date so I am sure to be a bit rusty, but it's worth playing for the experience(and the glory!). Finally here are the stats for February:
February:
Bankroll = $397 (+ $48)
vpps = 378
I am over half way through clearing my second stellar reward and I should hopefully clear this in March. I am going to introduce more 2c/5c games to my grind as I feel I am getting to comfortable making pennies at the micro micro stakes.
In other news, this month I played my biggest online pot! It definately wont make Isildur1 quake in his boots but it had my heart racing when the final card was being dealt.The hand occured on a 10c/25c table. I was playing against this maniac at the 1c/2c tables and when he busted I decided to follow him onto a 2c/5c and so on, taking a few $'s off him along the way. It was quite funny, at one stage he played for about 10 minutes on a play money table, lost his stack, and then jumped into a 50c/$1 cash game! I didn't join him here because I thought the risk was too high of the other players at the table taking advantage of me whilst I was trying to take advantage of him! I bided my time and waited for him to sit at a 10c/25c table (after losing his stack on the other table). Instead of describing the hand I will just post the link here to pokertableratings hand history.
http://www.pokertableratings.com/hand-history/stars/57181915681/12876982038
I know it's never good to get our stack in with bottem pair holding 6-3 for a $63 pot but I had strong reads that he was weak. Alas the river didn't go down the way I hoped and I ended up losing my biggest pot played online. At east I bounced back from this hand and made my way back into the black for the month and then some. Overall I was very happy with the (limited amount of) poker I played in February.
My first turbo takedown is over. For some reason the tourney froze for a good 30 minute period just after the start. It is quite a large field you have to work your way through and I bowed out around 12,000 place well away from the money. It seems like the private tab is swelling with affiliates offering freerolls into the turbo takedown so hopefully I can secure my ticket for this month as I see major value in the tournament and the freerolls as a whole.
The Irish Student masters is coming up on March the 20th in the Jackpot Casino in Dublin. I unfortunately was unable to satellite in as I was training on the Tuesdays that the freerolls were on PPP so I will have to pony up the €110. Small change when I win it and take the IPO seat all the way to the bank! I haven't played live this year to date so I am sure to be a bit rusty, but it's worth playing for the experience(and the glory!). Finally here are the stats for February:
February:
Bankroll = $397 (+ $48)
vpps = 378
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